Q. p. 105. Q. Numb. 5 Now, as for Water-baptiſm, what Paul ſays of himſelf, I may ſay of his Commiſſion, It was not behind any of the reſt; yet he denies Water-baptiſm to be any part of it, and is as plainly rejected by him, in point of inſtitution, as any thing in Scripture. So that either Water-baptiſm is none of Chriſts Inſtitutions, or elſe Paul had no Commiſſion to perform Chriſts Inſtitutions, which were ſtrange.

Pr. Pr. I may without juſt offence ask, Is not this ſtoutly argued from the Light within this Real Quaker, to evince Water-baptiſm to be none of Chriſts Inſtitutions? Is it not a diſhonour to an ordinary underſtanding to encounter ſuch child-like reaſoning? May I not truly ſay, Surely W.P. was at Oxford to lick glaſs-windows? Is it the manner of his Light within, of his boſom-teacher, to dictate at this low rate? However let it be duly conſidered, that it is the avowed judgment of a real Quaker, That Water-baptiſm is none of Chriſts Inſtitutions, and that this Quakers Paul was of the ſame mind, which is a moſt groſs miſtake.

Q. p. 106. Q. Numb. 10 C. i. e. Counterfeit. Thou ſuppoſeſt the Doctrine of Juſtification by that righteouſneſs which Chriſt fulfilled wholly without us, to be a ſin-pleaſing and dangerous notion. Quaker. I do ſo.

Pr. Pr. Here we have conſitentem reum, the Real Quaker confeſſing himſelf guilty of a baſe Doctrine, That Juſtification by that Righteouſneſs which Chriſt fulfilled wholly without us, is a ſin-pleaſing and dangerous notion. Thus this great Goſpel-truth, Juſtification by faith, articulus fidei ſtantis vel cadentis Eccleſiae, a main Article of the Chriſtian Faith in Luther's eye, is but a ſin-pleaſing and dangerous notion in this Quakers account; as the Papiſts call it a Putative righteouſneſs, ſo the Quaker accounts it no better than a ſin-pleaſing and dangerous notion. Thus Juſtification by Chriſts righteouſneſs imputed by faith, which is a 〈1 page duplicate〉 〈1 page duplicate〉 comfortable doctrine in the Church of Englands eye, is baſely murdered betwixt theſe two thieves.

Q. p. 107. Q. Numb. 11 C. i.e. Counterfeit. It is horrible wicked to conclude, That what Chriſt hath done and ſuffered without us, is to ſpeak peace to the wicked whilſt ſuch. Quaker. Right.

Pr. Pr. To pick up the plaineſt ſenſe out of theſe dark lines, it ſeems to be this, That it is horrible wicked to conclude, that any are made righteous in Gods ſight by what Chriſt hath done and ſuffered without us; that it is no leſs than ſpeaking peace to the wicked. Thus the received Doctrine of Juſtification by faith in Chriſt, is run down at a baſe rate. Unleſs the perverting ſenſe of a deluded Quaker be received, that man commits an horrible wickedneſs that holds juſtification by Chriſts righteouſneſs without him. This is that daubing with untempered Mortar, a ſinpleaſing-notion, a doctrine which ſpeaks peace to the wicked. At this rate the Church of England is highly to blame for affirming that we are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, by faith; That we are juſtified by faith only, Artic. 11 is a moſt wholſome doctrine, and very full of comfort. Without doubt the Homily of Juſtification referred to in that Article, is tainted with no Quakeriſm in this point. Behold! the Caſe is ſad, that imparted Righteouſneſs may not be retained, but imputed Righteouſneſs, like Iſhmael, the bond-womans ſon, muſt be caſt forth, yea loathed as a ſin-pleaſing notion, which is dangerous, rejected as that which is horrible wicked.

Q. pag. eadem. Q. Numb. 12 But what ſayeſt thou to my diſtinction about Juſtification? Chriſts work was twofold, Firſt, to remit, forgive, or juſtifie from the imputation of ſins paſt, ſuch as truly repent and believe. Secondly, By his power and ſpirit working in the hearts of ſuch, to deſtroy and remove the very nature of ſin; to make an end of it; to finiſh tranſgreſſion preſent and to come; the firſt removes the guilt; the ſecond the cauſe of it. Methinks this ſhould a little allay thy clamours.

Pr. Pr. It's an old truth, qui bene diſtinguit, bene docet; but this Quaker hath miſſed the Cuſhion: With this diſtinction he doth only play the Mountebanks part, he doth vainly pleaſe his fond admirers; this counterfeit Balſom is ineffectual; he juggles; here is neither the whole truth, nor nothing but the truth: Like the Devil, this Real Quaker hath the knack to deliver ſome truth according to the Scripture, that he may the better manage his deviliſh deſign, and put off his bad Wares. The firſt part of this Quaking-diſtinction is very lame, which any ſober Chriſtian will ſoon perceive. The latter part of it is full of falſe doctrine; the baſe deſign of this diſtinction, is to make Juſtification by Chriſts Righteouſneſs without us, to be a counterfeit doctrine. Juſtification by inherent righteouſneſs only, is the chief mark at which this diſtinction is levelled. Thus you ſee the Papiſts and Quakers are in a great meaſure hail fellows well met; only the Quaker hath the honour to be the more perfect Dotard of the two.

Q. p. 108. Q. Numb. 13 I grant that ſuch as repent and believe, receive remiſſion, or a juſtifying from former ſins, through the righteouſneſs of God declared in and by Jeſus Chriſt. But is this compleat Juſtification? It is a making inwardly juſt, through a purging out of iniquity, and mortifying of corruption, and bringing in Chriſts everlaſting Righteouſneſs.

Pr. Pr. Here we have the Real Quaker a downright Papiſt; he is profeſſedly gone into the Tents of Rome; He is become a ſtout Champion under the Pope's banner: behold this Real Quaker dabling in groſs Popery. According to the tenour of his own words, compleat Juſtification is a making inwardly juſt, through a purging out of iniquity, and mortifying of corruption, and bringing in Chriſts everlaſting righteouſneſs. Thus the nail is driven to the head by this doughty man of war. Thus the doctrin of the Church of England is trampled under foot; the Doctrine of Chriſts Righteouſneſs imputed by faith, once counted wholeſome, is by the Quakers Pen declared to be a Counterfeit; but no Quakers have yet obtained by their Spirit to write any true Oracles. But the worſt is yet behind.

Q. p. eadem; Q. Numb. 14 If not, then to exclude this, and yet conclude men completely juſtified by what Chriſt hath done wholly without, is a Doctrine of Devils; for it leaves men in an impure ſtate, and allows the Devils Kingdom to continue in being.

Pr. Pr. Theſe Quaking-lines make the Tenent as clear as day, That complete juſtification by what Chriſt hath done wholly without, is a Doctrine of Devils; according to this Quakers baſe words in print, the Church of England doth hold faſt that which is a Doctrine of Devils, a Doctrine which doth allow the Devils Kingdom to continue in being. Without doubt this is a baſe aſperſion caſt on that Church which is beautiful in the eyes of all ſober Chriſtiſtians. Chriſts Righteouſneſs wholly without, made ours by faith, a Doctrine of Devils! Whoſe eyes are not offended to ſee it in print? Whoſe ears do not tingle to hear it read? How baſe is the Light within W.P. to aſſert it? Is this the genuine fruit of this Quakers Infallible Spirit? Is this the true diſcerning which it gives? Is it not matter of godly mourning, that that which the Church of England accounts to be a moſt wholeſom and very comfortable Doctrine, this ill-principl'd Quaker ſhould term a Doctrine of Devils? May it not be ſaid without offence, Surely it is high time for the Kings Majeſty, the Defender of the Faith, to gird on His Sword; theſe that make ſo bold with this and other truths of God, are but like ſtinging-Snakes in the boſome of Indulgence.

Q. p. 6. Q. Numb. 15 Which word [Purchaſe] he thus explains in an unſcriptural and nonſenſical ſtile, viz. That God-man purchaſed and compleated Reconciliation, Juſtification, &c. with God at once without us (which is as good ſenſe as to ſay, God purchaſed them of God).

Pr. Pr. You ſee how this Quaker takes his Adverſary to task. By the way we may obſerve, that it is plain from the title of this Pamphlet, that this Quaker makes the nature of Chriſtianity to be downright Socinianiſm. Here his inſpiring ſpirit appears in print to Socinianize in a groſs manner: Reconciliation purchaſed by Chriſt God-man, this Quaker ſaith is explained by his Adverſary in an unſcriptural and nonſenſical ſtile: As the Socinians do, ſo this Quaker charges his Adverſary to write no better ſenſe concerning Redemption purchaſed, than to ſay, that God purchaſed of God; an old Socinian cavil! Thus the Light within is at unawares ſinging the old Cuckoes ſong. Thus the Quakers Ignis fatuus, his pretended ſpirit, hath led him into a Socinian pit. Thus the true Chriſtian Religion by this Quaker is brought to a lamentable paſs. According to this Quaking-ſcribble, the nature of Chriſtianity is now aſſerted in the Light to eſtabliſh a baſe Socinian Error, as if it were the truth from heaven. What a blind pitiful Elf is the Quakers Light within, that it cannot diſcern Redemption by Chriſt God-man, as a purchaſe made without us, but as unſcriptural and nonſenſical? God the Son made man, purchaſing our redemption of God the Father by the price of his own blood, as God incarnate; This is that bleſſed Truth explained, which this Socinian-Quaker calls unſcriptural and nonſenſical. However this point ſearched to the bottom, toucheth the Quakers to the quick. They cannot endure to hear of Chriſt God-man; the Son of God purchaſing of God the Father, leans towards the Doctrine of the Trinity, which the Quaker E.T. termed in mine and others hearing a blaſphemous doctrine.

Pr. Pr. The dangerous deſign of this Quaking-Primmer, is to leaven the minds of young children with this abominably falſe doctrine, That the Holy Scriptures are not the way to know the truth; That Gods Miniſters are deceivers, who teach, that the Scriptures are the way to know the truth: Behold a ſad caſe! here is the Spirit of truth highly exalted to decry the Word of God, the holy Scripture, from being the way to the knowledg of the truth; according to this Quaking-fancy, any prophane deſpiſer of the Scriptures may very boldly ſay, That Timothy was ill-inſtructed in the knowledg of the Scriptures from his youth; That St. Paul was groſly miſtaken, in ſaying, That the Scriptures were able to make him wiſe unto ſalvation. But you ſee theſe Quakers are ſtrangely fond of the Light within, ſo as to cry down the light of Gods own word; as if nothing but deceitful knowledg were to be gotten by the Scripture, which is Gods Book. This Quaking-dotage doth plainly ſay, In vain did Timothy know the Scriptures of a child; in vain do any Parents train up their children in the knowledg of them; if this be not, what is the ready way to lay poor children open to the Spirit of Error? to make them a ready prey to the Quakers deluding ſpirit of truth? By purſuing this Quaking-fancy, is not the Devil likely to have a rich ingathering in this Church and Kingdom?

Q. p. 16. Q. Numb. 32 And ſuch are deceivers, who preach for money and tythes, ſuch cannot lead you out of tranſgreſſion, for they are in tranſgreſſion themſelves: for Chriſt ſaid to his, Freely you have received, freely give: and Paul made not the Goſpel chargeable: but theſe Prieſts that preach for filthy lucre deceive people.

Pr. Pr. In this Quaking-Primmer here is a baſe charge drawn againſt all the Miniſtring-Prieſts of the Church of England; here theſe Quakers have fired their Beacon, that the youth of this Church and Kingdom may have timely notice to beware of their beſt ſoul-friends; here the ſilly ſheep are ſlily counſelled againſt their keepers, that the Quaking-Wolves in ſheeps-cloathing may the better prey upon them: Is it not very ſad, that the youth of this Church and Kingdom muſt be thus dangerouſly prejudiced againſt Gods Prieſts, who are his Ambaſſadors, by whom God doth beſeech his Rebel-ſubjects, that they may be reconciled to God? Behold, here little children are taught to look upon all teaching-Prieſts as ſo many deceivers, as thoſe Hirelings that preach for money and tythes, which is a lying ſlander, as thoſe blind guides that are in the pit of tranſgreſſion, ſuch as are not like Chriſts true Miniſters, as burdeners of that Goſpel which plain Paul made not chargeable, as thoſe Prieſts that preach for filthy lucre, as Cheats who deceive the people. According to the baſeneſs of theſe Quaking-lines, it's a ſhame for the King's Sacred Majeſty, the Defender of the true Faith, that ſuch baſe Prieſts ſhould be owned by him, be ſuffered to preach before him? Is it not likewiſe another ſtanding-ſhame, that the Prieſts of the Moſt High God ſhould be thus baſely reproacht in print, to the corrupting of youth, and as yet no exemplary notice taken of it? By the way obſerve it well, that the Moſt Reverend Fathers of this Church are ſome of thoſe Prieſts that are thus ſtigmatized in theſe Quakinglines, as well as the other dignified and inferior Clergy of this Church and Kingdom. The good Lord rebuke this Quaking ill ſpirit.

Q. p. 17, 18. And ſuch are no Miniſters of Gods word, Q. Numb. 33 who tell you the Scripture is the word of God; and theſe are the Miniſters of the Letter, who are Miniſters of the Scripture, and not Miniſters of Chriſt.

Pr. Pr. You ſee theſe Quaking Primmer-men are ſtill buſie to ſow their bad ſeed in the young Seminary; whilſt they do pretend to learn little children to ſpell, they do likewiſe learn them theſe Deviliſh Leſſons: Firſt, That the Scripture is not the Word of God. 2. That they are no Miniſters of Gods Word, who tell little children that the Scripture is the word of God. 3. That they are the Miniſters of the Letter, and not the Miniſters of Chriſt, who are Miniſters of the Scripture. May I not ſay without offence to any, If the Devil were incarnate, it would well become him to teach ſuch baſe Doctrine as this is? By this Doctrine once imbib'd, little children are well fitted to become bad Scholars in the Devils School.

Q. p. 25. Q. Numb. 34 And theſe, the Father, Son, and Spirit, the world and their Teachers calls Three Perſons; but they ſpeak they know not what, even as they have imagined, contrary to the Scripture; therefore Children believe them not.

Pr. Pr. Here George Fox the younger comes on the ſtage of the Quaking-Primmer to act his part, to make little children believe this Doctrine, to wit, Three Perſons and one God is a falſe doctrine: That the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, are no otherwiſe three Perſons, but as the world and their Teachers calls them ſo. To ſay that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghoſt, are three Perſons, but one God, this is to ſpeak we know not what, a meer fancy as we have imagined, a falſe doctrine contrary to the Scripture. Article 1 To ſay with the Church of England, In the Unity of this Godhead there be Three Perſons of one ſubſtance, power and eternity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoſt, is, in this Quakers account, the Doctrine of the world and their Teachers, a ſpeaking we know not what, a vain imagination, a corrupt doctrine contrary to the Scripture. If this be not peſtilent doctrine for little children to learn, let all ſober Chriſtians judg.

Q, p. 21. Q, Numb. 35 Now; Children; the Scriptures of truth do declare of God and Chriſt, and the Spirit of Truth, which are one; but the Scriptures cannot bring you to know God and Chriſt, and the Spirit of Truth.

Pr. Pr. In this Quaking-Primmer here is a train laid to blow up the knowledg of the Scriptures, to prepare little Children to ſleight them, as being unable to bring them to know God and Chriſt, and the Spirit of Truth; according to theſe Quaking-lines, St. Paul was miſtaken, when he ſaid, that the Scripture was profitable for Doctrine; for, wherein are the holy Scriptures profitable for Doctrine, if they are unable to bring thoſe that read them, to know God, Chriſt, and the Spirit of Truth? certainly it is either a true or a falſe knowledg, that is to be gotten of God, Chriſt, and the Spirit, by the Scriptures; to exalt the Quakrs Idol, the Light within, little Children are here taught to ſleight the holy Scriptures as a dull Book, in the reading whereof there is nothing of God, Chriſt, and the Spirit of Truth to be known. There are many more ſoulendangering Doctrines in this Primer, but I ſhall diſmiſs them at this preſent, that I may come to the Quakers Catechiſm, a Book of no leſs dangerous conſequence: as Popery of late hath ſpread in this Kingdom by Popiſh Catechiſms, ſo the Papal Quakers have ſet their Catechiſms forth to gain Proſelytes; by this means, Phariſee-like, they make their followers twofold more the children of Hell.

Pr. Pr. According to the inſtruction of this Quaking-father, all the Preachers of the Goſpel within the Church and Kingdom of England are a ſort of pitiful fellows, for their Doctrine is not from Heaven; like the old Phariſees they teach for Doctrine the tradition of men; none of them do teach that Doctrine which is after Chriſt; arts and languages learnt here below at Schools and Colledges is the whole skill which they have in the doctrine of Salvation; they are all a ſort of pitiful readers, or ſpeakers out of their own corrupt wills; as for their Doctrine, it is corrupt like themſelves, there is no ſoundneſs in it; to ſpeak after this Quaking-rate, they are like ſo many corrupt trees, they bring forth corrupt fruit; they are all bad ſtewards of the Myſteries of the Goſpel. If this be not baſe railing, let the world judg.

Q. p. 34, 35. Q. Numb. 42 Ch. But is not their praying a ſervice which is accepted of God? Fath. Nay, for they pray not with the ſpirit, nor with the underſtanding, and ſome of them cannot pray at all, but as they have prayers made by others, and have them ſet in a book to read, as in the Commonprayer-book; ſo that neither their preaching nor praying is accepted of God.

Pr. Pr. From this Quaking Catechizer we may truly gather that the preaching and praying of all the Miniſters of the Church of England is altogether naught; as their Preaching, ſo their Praying is a ſervice which is not accepted of God; their prayers are carnal, for they pray not with the ſpirit; tremulo judice, in their praying they do but offer the ſacrifice of fools, for they pray not with the underſtanding; as for thoſe miniſtring Prieſts that do warrantably uſe the Common-prayer-book either in the Kings-Chappel, or elſewhere (to ſpeak this Quakers mind or ſenſe) they are a company of dull Ignoramuſſes, they cannot pray at all; behold a ſad caſe, except it be in the Quakers dumb meeting, or amongſt thoſe that are acted by the ſpirit of the Hat, there is no calling on the name of God in faith any where beſides; according to this Quaking rant, is not the Kings Majeſty baſely reflected on? hath he not a dull Clergy to miniſter in his Preſence? is not this Church whereof he is a nurſing-father, in a bad caſe, for neither the Preaching nor praying of her Prieſts, this Quaker ſaith, is accepted of God? ſurely the true Chriſtian Religion is at a low ebb in this Kingdom, that Quakeriſm muſt thus carry the bell; according to this vain-minded Quaker, we are in a great ſtrait, we muſt now either all turn Quakers, or elſe in Preaching and Praying we do but perform the ſervice which God rejects.

Q. p. 35. Q. Numb. 43 Ch. And is not their ſinging an acceptable ſervice? for they that can ſing praiſes, are in a good condition. Fath. But they have David's words put into Meeter by Hopkins and Sternhold, and given them forth as they were David's condition, and the drunkard, and the ſwearer, and the lyar ſing together, who know nothing of David's condition, and ſo they ſing lyes in Hypocriſie, which is not a right ſervice, nor accepted of God.

Pr. Pr. According to this Quakers hard meaſure, our ſinging of Pſalms in the time of Divine-ſervice, is as bad as our Preaching and Praying; it's not a right ſervice, nor accepted of God; obſerve well, for want of a Pſalm after the Quaking mode, our ſinging of David's Pſalms in Meeter is a deſpiſed ſervice; for this reaſon we can make no right melody in our hearts to the Lord; like ſo many fools, we do not rightly underſtand what we ſing; the Quakers, to the ſhame of true Chriſtianity, are they only who ſing with the ſpirit, and with underſtanding, when their ſpirit moves on their waters; as for the Miniſters and people of the Church of England, we are ſenſual, not having the ſpirit; like thoſe that ſing Ballads, other mens words, we do only ſing David's words put into Meeter by Hopkins and Sternhold. To mount the baſeneſs of Quakeriſm aloft; the ſinging of Pſalms (at Court, in the Kings-Chappel, in the City and Country, in Cathedrals and Pariſh Churches) is (according to theſe Quaking-lines) a very prophane piece of ſervice; for here the drunkard and ſwearer, and lyar, ſing together, who know nothing of David's condition; thus in ſinging Pſalms we do nothing elſe but ſing lyes in hypocriſie; if this be not a baſe lying charge drawn up by this Quaker againſt the known practiſe of the Church of England, let the unbyaſſed Reader judg.

Q. p. 36. Q. Numb. 44 Ch. I would know, father, how it is with thoſe things called Ordinances, as Baptiſm, and Bread and Wine, which are much uſed in their worſhip. Fath. Why, child, as to thoſe things, they roſe from the Popes invention, who hath had power in the night of Apoſtacy, and hath ſet up his devices, which are yet continued in England; and the whole practice of thoſe things, as they uſe them, had their inſtitution by the Pope, and were never ſo ordained of Chriſt; for he did not ordain ſprinkling water in a childs face; neither did he ordain bread and wine to be ſo uſed and received; and the wine is another of the Popes inventions; who hath invented a ſilver cup, and pours wine into it, and then the Prieſt gives it to the people, and tells them, that is the blood of Chriſt that is ſhed for them, when it is wine and not blood; and gives them bread, and tells them, that is the body of Chriſt that is broken for them; when people neither diſcern the body, nor the blood of Chriſt, and ſo eat and drink damnation to themſelves; true Baptiſm, child, is in the ſpirit, which baptizeth into one body; the true meat and drink is the body and blood of Chriſt; which the worthy receiver feeds upon in his heart; ſo that theſe things be falſe, and not to be regarded by the true Chriſtians, who live in the ſpirit, who is the ſubſtance.

Pr. Pr. This Quaker hath given us a long chaſe; in the purſuit we have quite loſt Baptiſm and the Lords-Supper, as to their right uſe in the Church of England; as for thoſe things called Ordinances, as Baptiſm, Bread and Wine, which are much uſed in our publick worſhip, this Quaker doth boldly ſay, they roſe from the Popes invention; in the night of Apoſtacy they were conceived and brought forth; they are only devices of the Popes ſetting up; they are continued yet in England, as the Pope left them; nay further, this Quaker doth baſely add, that the whole practice of thoſe things called Ordinances, as baptiſm, and bread and wine, as we uſe them, had their inſtitution by the Pope; they were never ſo ordained of Chriſt: behold, is not this rake-ſhame ſtuff? is it of the Spirit of God, to affirm, that Baptiſm, the Lords-Supper, roſe from the Popes invention? who before this Quaker did term them devices of the Popes ſetting up? is it not high baſe, to ſay (as this Quaker doth) that the whole practiſe of Baptiſm and the Lords-Supper, as we uſe them, have their inſtitution by the Pope? that they were never ſo ordained of Chriſt? according to this Quakers wild aſſertions, is it not very plain, that we baptize in the Popes name, and receive bread and wine only according to the Popes inſtitution? how doth this Quaker in a ridiculous manner aſſert, that Baptiſm is only ſprinkling water in a child face, which Chriſt did never ordain? who can read this conſident ignorance without bluſhing, (Is it not another baſe boldneſs to ſay, that neither did Chriſt ordain bread and wine to be ſo uſed and received, as they are in the Church of England?) except this deluded Quaker, who hath ſaid, that the wine is another of the Popes inventions? riſum teneatis amici? who can but laugh this Baals Prophet to ſcorn? or rather, who can but pity his great ignorance? the reſt of his diſcourſe is a confuſed Chaos; ſurely his haſty ſpirit was not at leiſure to digeſt it better; only let this be noted, that this Quaker owns no other baptiſm but that which is in the ſpirit, which certainly is no Scripture-baptiſm. As for the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper, there is in this Quakers eye no ſuch thing; for the body and blood of Chriſt is, as he tells us, the true meat and drink, but bread and wine in the Lords-Supper are not ſo; theſe things, i. e. baptiſm, bread and wine (according to this Quakers mind) are falſe things, not to be regarded by true Chriſtians, who live in the ſpirit; according to the ſenſe of this Quaking-father, all Quakers are thoſe true Chriſtians, who do ſo live in the ſpirit, as that they are above Baptiſm and the Lords Supper; theſe are thoſe falſe things which are not regarded by them; may it not be truly ſaid, Alas poor deſpiſed Church of England! how low art thou fallen? What's become of thy two Sacraments which are generally neceſſary to ſalvation? Art thou now beholding to the Popes invention for them? How are Chriſts own Ordinances now made to be the Popes devices? In baptizing and receiving the Lords Supper, what is the whole practice, but according to the Popes inſtitution? Did thine Husband, the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, ever ordain Baptiſm and the Lords Supper, ſo as thou uſeſt them? Why doſt thou receive bread and wine according to Chriſts inſtitution? did he ever ordain bread and wine to be ſo uſed and received? Doſt thou not know that the wine in the Cup is another of the Popes inventions? Doſt thou not conſider, that Baptiſm and the Lords Supper are two falſhoods? How far art thou from true Chriſtianity, from living in the ſpirit, that doſt regard theſe falſe things? In this Glaſs you ſee the ugly face of theſe Quaking-lines; without juſt offence it may be truly ſaid, That Quakeriſm is not of God, becauſe it overthrows what Chriſt, the Son of God incarnate, hath eſtabliſhed till his laſt coming to judgment.

Q. p. 38. Q. Numb. 45 Ch. But is not the place in which all theſe things are performed, a true Church? Fa. Nay, the true Church is in God the Father of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, and Chriſt is the Head of it; but the place in which ſuch things are performed, is alſo of the Popes invention, and he counts himſelf to be the Head of it; and is a place made by men; and it is wood and ſtone, which do decay and come to nought; then they make levies, and gather money to repair it again; and if they do not ſo, it will conſume, and turn into mire and dirt; but the true Church is a living thing.

Pr. Pr. Theſe Quaking-lines are largely tranſcrib'd to ſhew how impertinently this Quaker is imployed! how buſie he is to beat a man of ſtraw of his own making! becauſe the holy Catholick Church is the true Church of God, of which Chriſt is the head, therefore a material Church is no true Church, no true place for the members of the true Church of God to meet together in for divine worſhip; this is that weak reaſoning which doth well ſuit an ignorant Quaker; it's a ſorry, miſtaking cavil to ſay, that all material Churches are of the Popes invention, and that the Pope is the head of them. By the way let us note it to be a baſe ſly inſinuation to corrupt the minds of young children, as if a material Church were the only acknowledged true Church by thoſe that are no Quakers; who knows not that a material Church is a place made by men, and not by angels? I know none of us that are in ſuch darkneſs, that this Quaker need to tell us, that Chriſt is the head of the true Church; as for that Church which this Quaker calls a living thing, it is an unlawful Conventicler, Eccleſia malignantium, the congregation of evil doers, with which this Church and Kingdom is too much peſtered; it is no ſlander to term this Quakers Church, which he calls a living thing, a meer Chimera, or his own brain-ſick notion; where a company of Quakers are got together, there is this living thing to be found.

Q. p. 39. Q. Numb. 46 Ch. But are not theſe the true Chriſtians that practiſe and perform ſuch things? Fath. They have got the Chriſtians words, and ſo count themſelves Chriſtians; but they are not in the Chriſtians life, neither is their way the Chriſtians way; ſo they are practiſing thoſe things that God requires not at their hands, neither doth he accept them.

Pr. Pr. This Quaking inſtructor doth here foully charge all thoſe that are not down-right Quakers; not the Kings Majeſty on the Throne, nor the Peers of this Realm, nor any other Chriſtians do eſcape this Quakers laſh; in this Quakers eſtimate we are all like ſo many Apes, or Parrots, that have gotten the words of Chriſtians, but are no Chriſtians in truth; we are all dead, lifelefs Chriſtians, none of us are in the life of Chriſtians; we are all out of the right way, for our way is not the Chriſtians way; in preaching, praying, receiving, baptizing, hearing and ſinging of Pſalms, there is nothing done, but practiſing thoſe things which God requires not of us, nor doth accept; our whole Divine ſervice, is like an abominable ſacrifice to the Lord; behold, what baſe Doctrine is delivered by this Quakingfather to poyſon the youth of this Kingdom? is not this the right way to debauch the Kings ſubjects in their minority.

Q. p. 40. Q. Numb. 47 Ch. I obſerve that people make much to do one with another when they meet together, or part one from another, in putting off their Hats, and bowing, and cringing, and going backward, and ſcraping; and I am doubtful whether this be true honour, with which I am to honour all men. Fath. Thou mayeſt be aſſured that it is not the true honour. Ch. How may I be aſſured of it? Fath. Why, child, they that ſeek honour one of another, they do not believe in Chriſt the power of God, which is honourable in all men, and this ſeeks not the honour below, or to have the Hat put off, or the body to bow, or cringe, or the feet to ſcrape; it neither ſeeks ſuch honour, nor can give ſuch honour; and ſo men ſeek honour one of another, and they give it one to another with their hat and knee, and Your humble ſervant, Sir; and ſuch are not in the power of God, but in the vain cuſtoms of the Heathens, and ſo it is got in a cuſtom to put off the hat, and bow, and cringe, and ſcrape; and women to courteſie and droop; and theſe are the apoſtate Chriſtians that are out of the power of God, and ſo ſeek honour one of another, and are reſpecting one anothers perſon, and the rich and the proud they get the honour, and the poor and the needy are not regarded.

Pr. Pr. In this Quaking-fathers Rhapſody we have that civil honour ridiculouſly decryed, which is rightly due, and warrantably to be performed by one man to another; may not any man truly ſay, this Quakers ſpirit is very blind, that did not help him to diſcern betwixt ſeeking honour one of another, and giving civil honour one to another? what would this Quaker have ſaid, if he had ſeen Abraham the father of the faithful, bowing himſelf before the people of the land of Heth? or if he had heard Ephron the Hittite calling Abraham his Lord, and Abraham bowing himſelf to acknowledg his kindneſs, to honour him again? would he have told Abraham that he did not believe in Chriſt the power of God? ſurely if this Quaker had been in St. Pauls time, St. Paul would have been lookt on by him as an apoſtate Chriſtian, for this way of ſpeaking, moſt noble Feſtus; is it not plain, that this Quaking-father is under groſs miſtakes? are they not cauſeleſly blamed by this clowniſh father, that do mutually honour one another, which is a due debt? doth he not unjuſtly charge them to be Phariſee-like Chriſtians, ſuch as do not believe in the power of God, for tendering due honour to whom it belongs? doth he not ignorantly call it ſeeking honour of one another? without offence let it be ſaid, the power of God, which the Quakers pretend to, is baſely abuſed by them, it is made by their folly as meer a clown as themſelves; according to this Quaking-father, it was not the God of power, who ſaid, Honour thy father and thy mother; nor was it the Spirit of God in St. Paul, who moved him to ſay, Honour all men, in honour preferring one another; to have the hat put off, or the body to bow, or the feet to ſcrape, this is honour below, which this Quakers power of God ſeeks not, nor can give; but without doubt this is neither Old nor New-Teſtament Divinity, to take one another by the hand (as the Quakers are known to do) to ſay, how is it? how doſt thou do? This is ſome of the Quakers true honour: As for Thou and Thee, the diſtinguiſhing characters of a Quakers vain faith, they are ſo much in requeſt, as that for their ſakes all other expreſſions of civil honour are with the Quakers out of date; men ſcraping with their feet, women courteſing and drooping, as this Quaker ſpeaks, are by this rude man abſurdly cenſured, as being apoſtatizing Chriſtians, that are out of the power of God; till the poor deluded Quakers came on the ſtage of this world, no man was ſo ſilly as to tax hat and knee-honour: To perch Quakeriſm higher; according to theſe Quaking-lines, at Court it is not lawful to kneel before the King, nor to ſtand bare in his preſence, for they that do thus, are not in the power of God, but in the vain cuſtoms of the heathens; as for Your humble Servant, Sir, that's an old thred-bare complement, which this Quaker is aſhamed to own; as for hat and knee-honour, they that uſe them are as bad as heathens, nay they are far worſe, they are apoſtates. To paſs over this Church and Kingdom, this Quaker rings a ſad peal for all Courtiers, they are all apoſtate Chriſtians, ſuch as have turned their backs upon the true Chriſtian faith (the term ſounds harſh, it's this Quakers own) they are ſuch as are not in the power of God; they are ſuch as are in the vain cuſtoms of the heathens; they are the rich and proud of the Land, that get honour from their equals or inferiors.

Q. p. 41, 42. Q. Numb. 48 Ch. But is there not ſuch an honour that belongs to Magiſtrates, and men in Authority? Fath. Nay, Child, ſuch honour doth not belong to them; neither are they honoured when it is done ſo unto them; for true honour is from the heart, and not from the hat. Ch. But ſeeing ſuch a thing is expected by men in Authority, is it not better for me to give it to them, than to offend them? Fa. Thou muſt be careful, Child, how thou reaſoneſt about it, leſt thou runneſt into tranſgreſſion: for, if thou reſpecteſt perſons, thou committeſt ſin; therefore mind the Lord and his teachings; but the wo ſhall be to that in them, which would be honoured with thy hat, from whence the offence comes. Ch. And doth not the Lord require any ſuch things to be done? Fa. Nay, the Lord requires it not, but the pride of mans heart ſeeks it; for the Lord requires that thou ſhouldſt honour all men in him, and that is to give honour to whom it is due; but unto a proud, heady, high-minded man, there is no honour due, though he be great in the world, and be in place to rule; but in the power of God the poor is as honourable as the rich, and the beggar as he that rules; and the honour is given as due unto the power, and not unto any man's perſon.

Pr. Pr. In theſe lines this Quaking-father hath inſtructed his Child very ill, taught him lies in the name of the Lord, delivered to him abominable doctrine againſt the King, the Lords anointed: Let us unravel this Quaking-bottom; in theſe lines it is evident, that to the King, placed in ſupreme power by God himſelf, there is no ſuch thing as hat-honour that belongs; to kneel in his preſence, is no honour due unto him; to ſpeak like this Quaker, Charles in querpo, plain Charles, as the Quakers drink healths to him, is all that's due to him; for neither hat-nor knee-honour do belong to the King: Thou King Charles hath but too often been uſed by ſome rude Quakers: behold here is the root of this baſe ſpirit; while the King is no Quaker in the power of God, there is no outward honour due to his perſon; this Quaker ſaith, True honour is from the heart, not the hat; therefore, according to this Quakers mind, it's but falſe honour to ſtand bare or kneel before the King; to the King, the chief Magiſtrate, the Fountain of Honour, there's by the Quakers no true outward honour due. But ſuppoſe the King (as he hath juſt cauſe) ſhould be offended with his Quaking-ſubjects, or any of his Courtiers, for not giving him both hat- and knee-honour, which are due to him; were it not better to give the King the honour, than offend him? In this caſe, what muſt be done? According to this Quaking-Inſtructor, all his Quaking-friends, and all Courtiers (if they ſhould be Quakerized) muſt be careful that they run not into tranſgreſſion by ſuch reaſoning: for to honour the King with their hats, with their knees, is reſpecting of his perſon, to whom no honour is due; a ſin which the Law of God will convince them of; like this Quakers Child, what muſt they now do? Therefore (to uſe this Quakers words) that they may not offend the King, they muſt mind the Lord and his Teachings: Is it not hence plain, that to honour the King with either hat or knee-honour, is neither of the Lord, not that which is taught by him? Now conſider well what is done daily at Court; the Kings Majeſty is outwardly honoured by all Courtiers; what ſaith the Quaker to this? By giving the King that outward honour, his Courtiers do neither mind the Lord, nor his teachings: I am ſure this is the naked ſubſtance, the true import of his diſcourſe. To ſtep on, to track this Quaker a little further; Look upon the King (as he is) as Gods Vice-gerent, the Supreme Magiſtrate of this Kingdom, who doth expect that all his ſubjects ſhould acknowledg his high honour, their own great diſtance, with heads bare, with knees bowing in his preſence; then mind what curſed doctrine is delivered by this quaking-father, thus, But the wo ſhall be to that in them which would be honoured by the hat; according to this Quakers curſed doctrine, the King, the Nobility, with all that are in Authority under him, are accurſed by this Quaker for taking that outward honour that belongs not to them; as for outward honour to be given to the King, or any other Magiſtrates, this Quaker is baſely bold to ſay, it is more than the Lord requires; this is that which mans proud heart ſeeks after: Are not the Kings ſubjects by this Quaker, ill principled, taught here to deny outward honour to the Kings Majeſty, as if the Kings high honour were none of the Lords requirings? in a Quakers mouth, Charles how is it? Let Charles live: Plain Charles is honour enough for the King; what is more, cometh of evil; for this Quaker ſaith, the Lord requires no outward honour to be given to Magiſtrates; and I am ſure, of theſe the King is chief: To back this unchriſtian doctrine, this Quakers ſpirit hath a lye put into his pen, for the Lord doth no where require that we ſhould honour all men in him; neither is this to give honour to whom it is due, as this Quaker doth ill underſtand this point. Beſides, this quaking-father is groſly miſtaken; for dominium non fundatur in gratia, it's not true grace that doth intitle any Princes only to their Crowns and Scepters. Cyrus, that was no truly gracious man, was King of Perſia, and the Lords anointed. King Darius an heathen, was owned and honoured by Daniel. But this Quaker hath not yet done; here's more lamentable bad doctrine againſt the Lords anointed; I hope I may write without offence, that here are Treaſon and Rebellion taught againſt our Soveraign; according to the tenour of his own words, you may take this ſuppoſition: Suppoſe the King were a proud, heady, high-minded man, what then? in this caſe what is to be done? This Quaker ſaith, there is no honour due to him, though he be great in the world, and be in place to rule. Is it not plain, according to this quaking-doctrine, that without goodneſs there is no true honour due to the Kings greatneſs? nay, behold more of this abominable ſtuff! here is the power of God mentioned by this Quaker, in which power enjoyed or lived in, the poor is as honourable as the rich, and the beggar as he that rules: according to the true meaning of this Quakers words, the Kings high honour is baſely degraded, his Majeſty is ranked with the meaneſt of his ſubjects, that is a Quaker, one that is in the power of God: for, unleſs that this Quakers power of God be in the King; or more plainly thus, unleſs the King be a Quaker, the beggar-Quaker is as honourable as himſelf; and the reaſon of this Levelling-Quakers vile doctrine is this, for the honour is given as due unto the power, and not to any mans perſon; is it not plain from this wild reaſon, that there is no true honour due to the Kings perſon at all? But ſuppoſe the power of God (as this Quaker cants) were in the King, what would be got by it? he would not be one jot better than the meaneſt dry or wet Quaker; the pooreſt Quaker in the ſame power of God, would be as honourable as his Soveraign that rules: Surely this wretchedly baſe doctrine is not fit to be told in Gath, nor publiſhed in Aſhkelon; the greater is the ſhame of Quakeriſm, that it ſhould be publiſhed in our Valley of Viſion; this Quakers doctrine tends directly to nothing more, than to lay the Kings honour in the duſt, to ſtrike the Crown from his Majeſty's head, and to ſhare with the King in his high honour; it may be truly ſaid, Beware of Quakers; for like the Jeſuited Papiſts, they are not in truth the Kings Loyal ſubjects.

Q. p. 43, 44. Q. Numb. 49 Ch. I would be informed of another thing, Father, what language I am to ſpeak to a ſingle perſon: whether Thou or You be the true language to a ſingle perſon? Fa. Why, Child, a ſingle perſon being one and no more, the true language is Thou, unto him or her, and hath been the language ſpoken by all that have been guided by the Spirit of God without reſpect of perſons; and we do not read of another that was ſpoken by the holy men of God unto any perſon, whether a King, or any in authority under him; for the ſpirit of truth leads into all truth; and Thou to one is the language of truth, without reſpect; and the ſpirit of truth teacheth to ſpeak it, and not another. Ch. But how is it then that the people uſe the word You to one another when they ſpeak one to one? F. Becauſe in that thing they do not mind the Spirit of God, and its teachings; and ſo the falſe ſpirit acting brings fortha falſe word; for [You] to one is an apoſtate language, and is become ſeated in the pride of heart.

Pr. Pr. In theſe lines this quaking-father is teaching his Scholar an odd new language; here his quaking-ſpirit is turned Grammarian, after his quaking-faſhion to teach little children to ſpeak properly; to give [Thou] to one perſon, and no more; but [You] to more than one; [Thou] is become the Quakers Shibboleth, to diſtinguiſh them from all others; it's in truth a main principle of the Quakers deluſion, diſtinctly to character them from all whom they count counterfeit Chriſtians; by them great ſtreſs is laid upon this word [Thou], it's no leſs than a language with this Quaker; like Jacob's Ladder, it's made by them to reach to Heaven; they are all from below, that do not uſe [Thou] to a ſingle perſon; probably at the confuſion of languages [Thou] is the true language, which is fallen to the Babel-quakers ſhare; this Quaker tells us, that they who uſe not [Thou] to a ſingle perſon, are none of them guided by the ſpirit of God; to mount this Quakers folly to its full height, to ſay to the King, May it pleaſe your Majeſty, to any Peer of the Realm, Your Grace, Your Honour; to any great man, Your Excellency; to others, Your Worſhip; theſe are according to this Quaker, ſuch expreſſions of civil honour as were never ſpoken by any holy men of God; I may truly ſay, that [Thou] like Moſes his Rod hath ſwallowed up all theſe Serpentine words; they (whether at Court or Country) who do not uſe this Quakers [Thou] to a ſingle perſon, (whether King, Peer, or Subject) are ſenſual, not having that ſpirit of truth, who leads into all truth; without [Thou Charles] to the Kings Sacred Majeſty, without [Thou] to every Peer of this Realm without reſpect, the language of truth (ſaith this Quaker) is not in that mans mouth; that man that is not a Thou and Thee-quaker, is not taught by the ſpirit of truth; according to this Quakers mind, when we do ſpeak one to one, we muſt beware of [You] to one another, for all they that do uſe [You] to the King, to the Nobility, to the Magiſtrates and Gentry of this Kingdom, do in this thing not mind the Spirit of God and its teachings. This Quaker ſaith moreover, that to uſe [You] to any one man, is that falſe word brought forth by the Devil, the falſe ſpirit acting in them that uſe it; nay, which is worſe, [You] to a ſingle perſon, is the apoſtate language; now is not this inference rightly drawn from his own words, to ſay to the King, Your Majeſty; to the Peers, Your Grace, your Honour; to others, Your Worſhip; are no leſs than falſe words brought forth by the Devil; no leſs than an apoſtate language? Thus you ſee that this word [Thou] is ſo doted on by this Quaker, as that for its ſake all that uſe [You] inſtead of it, to a ſingle perſon, do ſpeak as the Devil, the falſe ſpirit acts them; they are all apoſtates, ſuch as are faln from the true Chriſtian faith; to give full weight, they are all proud like Lucifer, who have [You] ſeated in the pride of their hearts; may it not be truly ſaid, this Quakers ſpirit is both bold and blind, who durſt write after this ſilly rate?

Q. p. 45. Q. Numb. 50 Ch. But is it not a thing that will become me to uſe good manners? and people do not take the word [Thou] to be good manners when I ſpeak to my betters. Fath. It is evil words, child, that corrupts good manners, but true words is mannerly, and is ſpoken in the manner of truth, which is good manners; and thou muſt not mind what others ſay, but mind thou the Lord, and his teachings, and he will teach thee to ſpeak good words, and true words, which is good manners; and people that know not the teachings of God, nor the truth of God, they know not the manner of it, and ſo are ſeeking how to honour one another, and to ſpeak to one another, and after what manner to do it, which is not in the manner of truth, but in the falſe ſpirit, which corrupts their words and actions, and ſo corrupts good manners.

Pr. Pr. As this Quaking-father did juſt now endeavour to teach children to ſpeak properly, ſo he is here inſtructing them to be mannerly after the Quakers rude faſhion; it is certainly a dull ſpirit that moves in this Quakers wheels, for he hath not helpt him to write true Engliſh; [evil words that corrupts good manners] is that falſe Engliſh, which cannot be made into true Latin by any Quaker amongſt them all; but this was not a ſtumble by chance, we have his Quaking-ſpirit tripping again, [true words is mannerly, and is ſpoken in the manner of truth, which is good manners] give me leave to ſay, perhaps this mans ſpirit was in ſome great heat or haſte, and ſo was not at leiſure to help him to write better Engliſh. Now let us ſee if this Quakers manners are any better than his non-ſenſe; the old Proverb may not amiſs be applied to him, As the fool thinks, ſo the bell clinks; to ſpeak in the manner of truth, is (with this Quaker) good manners; except the tongue, and then it's plain, that this Quaker knows not what belongs to good manners; to ſpeak this Quakers mind fully, [Thou] to the King, to the Peers, to the Gentry of this Realm, ſpoken in the manner of truth (that is, ſpoken as the Quakers do) is all the good manners this Quaker owns; you may ſee that what is more than [Thou and Thee] is a parcel of evil words which do corrupt good manners; according to this Quaking inſtructor, St. Paul was ill manner'd, he did not ſpeak in the manner of truth, when he ſaid moſt noble Feſtus; according to this Quakers eſtimate, to bow the body to any ſuperiors, to honour them by word or geſture, is that which is not of the Lord, nor proceeds from his teachings; except Quakers, you ſee, that no people do know the teachings of God, nor the truth of God, nor do ſpeak in the manner of truth, that do give civil honour to their ſuperiors; this rude Quakers diſcourſe ſerves to be-clown all Courtiers that do honour the King in their words and geſtures; for in effect this Quaker tells them that they do not ſpeak in the manner of truth, thoſe good and true words which are mannerly words; they neither know the teachings of God, nor the truth of God, which is far worſe. Thus you ſee that here is the Quakers School, their rude Court to learn thoſe manners which are in the manner of truth; as for our civil way of ſpeaking to our ſuperiors, betters and equals, by being thus mannerly, we do but ſeek to honour others in the falſe ſpirit, who is the Devil; if this Doctrine do not tend to make men Clowns, to re-baptize them into the Quakers falſe ſpirit, to make their Proſelytes as errant Clowns as themſelves are known to be, then let any wiſe men judg.

Q. p. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. Q. Numb. 51 Ch. And how muſt I do concerning Oaths, ſeeing that ſwearing in many things is required? Fath. Whatever men requires of thee, child, thou muſt mind what the Lord requires of thee; Chriſt Jeſus hath forbidden all Oaths; it's not lawful to ſwear upon any account, becauſe Chriſt hath commanded not to ſwear at all; if thou loveſt him, thou wilt keep his Commandments, and not tranſgreſs againſt him, becauſe men require thee; do thou mind the ſpirit of truth, and it will teach thee to ſpeak truth in what thou art called unto: Let thy yea be yea, for what is more cometh of evil. Ch. But there is much ſaid concerning the lawfulneſs of an Oath, as to end ſtrife, or engage to a Ruler; and there are many Scriptures brought for it. Fath. They that bring Scriptures to plead for ſwearing in this day, do not underſtand the Scriptures; for he who is Lord of all, ſaith, ſwear not at all, but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, for what is more comes of evil; thou art to obey Jeſus Chriſt, whoſe Doctrine is true, who ends the diſpenſation of Oaths where ſtrife was; now Jeſus Chriſt who endeth all changeable things, ſaith, ſwear not at all; it is without putting any difference betwixt vain Oaths and ſolemn Oaths; he ſaith, not at all, nor by any thing; therefore, child, obey thou Chriſts Doctrine; if thy yea will not be taken, let nothing elſe be done by thee, leſt thou falleſt into condemnation.

Pr. Pr. In this rambling diſcourſe this Quakers drift is to inform his Scholar about Oaths; but his Light within is ſo groſly dark, as that lawful and unlawful ſwearing are altogether confuſed and condemned alike by him; all ſwearing indifferently is condemned by this Quaker as that ſin which reacheth to damnation in hell; according to the tenor of his quaking-lines, all the Kings ſubjects who have taken the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, have done that which the Lord forbids them, that which is contrary to what Chriſt hath commanded them; by thus ſwearing they have not minded the ſpirit of truth, nor ſo loved the Lord Jeſus as to keep his Commandments, by ſhewing their obedience to the King; in taking the foreſaid Oaths they have tranſgreſſed againſt the Lord Jeſus Chriſt the King of Kings; by taking theſe Oaths they have done that which comes of evil, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 , of the Devil, the evil one; by this Quakers decrying all ſwearing without exception, and his perverting Chriſts own words, it's eaſie to obſerve what manner of perſons the Kings ſubjects are; let us view them in this Quakers glaſs, are they loyal to the King below? this Quaker makes them for their ſworn Allegiance to be diſobedient to the Lord above; have they religiouſly taken the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance? they have likewiſe irreligiouſly ſworn that which the Lord requires not of them; hath the Law enjoined them to ſwear the ſaid Oaths? they have done that which is unlawful, Chriſt Jeſus hath forbidden all Oaths, it was not lawful for them to ſwear upon any account, though the law of man did require it; by taking the ſaid Oaths, what love have they ſhewed to Jeſus Chriſt? for in ſo doing they have broken his Commandments; by thus ſwearing they have preſumptuouſly tranſgreſſed againſt him; which of the Kings ſworn ſubjects have minded the Spirit of truth when they took thoſe oaths? By their ſo ſwearing, have they not done that which comes of evil, or of the Devil, the evil one? Is not this rare quaking-ſtuff? according to this Quakers falſe doctrine, it is altogether unlawful for any of the Kings ſubjects to ſwear ſubjection to him any more, leſt they fall into condemnation; as for any oaths which are truly lawful, they are ſo condemned by this Quaker, as that there is no Scripture-warrant for them in this day; to plead Scripture for thoſe oaths that are in truth, righteouſneſs, and judgment, it's like uſing an old Almanack out of date; it may well be ſaid, To what end did St. Paul tell the Chriſtian Hebrews of God ſwearing by himſelf, and that an oath is to put an end to all ſtrife? for had this Quaker been in St. Pauls time, he would have catechized him otherwiſe, that he did not underſtand the Scriptures; that St. Paul had taught other doctrine than the Lord Jeſus had done, for he faith, Swear not at all; but let your yea be yea: That ſolemn oaths are as bad now as vain oaths: That ſwearing was lawful under the old diſpenſation, but unlawful now: Then St. Paul might have known this new-light-doctrine, That Chriſt ended the diſpenſation of oaths where ſtrife was. If all this be not ungrounded abominable doctrine delivered by this Quaker, then let wiſe unbiaſſed Readers judg.

Q. p. 50, 51. Q. Numb. 52 Ch. Father, inform me concerning the obſervation of days, as holy-days, and Sunday, which ſome call Sabbath-day, and ſome the Lords-day; and whether the Lord requires that I ſhould obſerve them? Fa. If thou obſerveſt a day, obſerve it to the Lord; but he requires not the obſerving of particular days: for the Seventh day was holy, in which he reſted from all his works, and that was the Jews Sabbath, and they obſerved it to the Lord, as he commanded; but Chriſt Jeſus hath fulfilled it, and ended it; and thoſe called Holy-days are ſet up in the Apoſtacy, in which the Saints have been killed and martyred, upon which days the Apoſtles rejoyced and feaſted, and they are called Feſtival days; and thou art to abominate the obſerving of them, becauſe they were ſet up in the blood-thirſty ſpirit; and for that called the Lords-day, or Sabbath-day, people do not underſtand what they ſay; for the Sabbath is the Seventh day, and the obſerving of that is ended in Chriſt; and that called the Lords-day is the firſt day of the week, and the name Sunday is from the heathens, who celebrated that day to the Sun, and ſo called it Sunday; but Child, every day is the Lords day, and thou art to obſerve them all unto him; and who come to Chriſt, and believe in Chriſt, come over the obſervation of days, into the one day of the Lord, which is as a thouſand years.

Pr. Pr. In this Quakers long diſcourſe, the ſet-time for Gods publick Worſhip is run down at an ignorant rate; from obſerving a day to the Lord, it's ignorantly aſſerted, That God requires not the obſerving of particular days; when the King and Parliament made the laſt Act for the better obſervation of the Lords-day, then (according to this Quaker) they did nothing but make a Law to eſtabliſh Willworſhip; for (as this Quaker ſaith) the Lord requireth not the obſerving of any particular days; it's here confeſt, notwithſtanding what was ſaid by this Quaker to the contrary, that the Seventh day was the Jews Sabbath-day, as the Lord commanded; behold, here was a particular day required by God to be obſerved by the Jews; behold again how this Quakers ſpirit hath inſpired him to write a contradiction; but as for us Chriſtians under the Goſpel, there is no particular day to be obſerved to the Lord; there are no Holy-days owned by this Quaker; theſe days are like ſo many brats of Babylon rejected by him; theſe days, he ſaith, were ſet up in the Apoſtacy, at that time when the Saints were killed and martyred: doth not this Quakers ignorance, in effect, count all Holy-days to be Apoſtatical days? Are not theſe the Feſtival days which his Child is inſtructed to abominate the obſerving of? What is more plain from theſe Quakers words, than this, That Holy-days obſerved by the Reformed Churches abroad, and the Church of England at home, are abominable days, not fit to be obſerved? But why are Holy-days to be abominated? This Quaker gives this reaſon, Becauſe they were ſet in the blood-thirſty ſpirit; it's hard to underſtand the meaning of theſe words; however we have no Holy-days which this Church obſerves, but ſuch as were at firſt ſet up by a blood-thirſty ſpirit; ſurely if this Quaker had lived in thoſe days of old, he would have faln as ſtrangely foul upon the Jews Feaſt of Purim, as being from another blood-thirſty ſpirit; but this Quakers aking-tooth is at the Lords-day, or Sabbath-day; in this matter the Prophane and the Quakers are well agreed, they do neither of them make conſcience to obſerve this day to the Lord; for that called the Lords-day, or Sabbath-day, this Quaker ſaith, that the people do not well underſtand what they ſay; to ſpeak according to this Quakers own words, both King and Parliament were faln low in their underſtandings, when they made an act for the better obſervation of the Lords-day; in their debates they ſaid they knew not what, who named it either Sunday, Lords-day, or Sabbath-day; had this Quaker been conſulted, they might have known thus much, that the ſeventh-day-Sabbath is ended in Chriſt; that the Lords-day is the firſt day of the week; that Sunday is from the Heathens, but in truth every day is the Lords-day; ſo that to declare this Quakers mind truly, there is indeed no ſuch day as the Lords-day to be obſerved by any Chriſtians, for every day of the week is to be obſerved as the Lords-day; and this is not this Quakers ſingle opinion, for he ſaith, that they who come to Chriſt, and believe in Chriſt, do (which is ſtrange) come over the obſervation of days; is not this Quakers meaning this, That all real Quakers do neither obſerve Holy-days, nor the Lords-day; not Holy-days as this Church appoints, nor the firſt day of the week, as being the Lords-day, which is their degenerating from the practice of the Primitive Chriſtians, to ſay no worſe of them; but whither do the Quakers come, when they are gotten over the obſervation of days? for my part I cannot tell; this Quaker is of age, let him ſpeak for himſelf, who ſaith, that they come into the one day of the Lord, which is as a thouſand years; and here I leave him.

Q. p. 34, 35, 36. Q. Numb. 65 All you high and lofty ones, Haman-like, be you ſilent; away with all your profeſſion, tremble before the Lord, you children of the Devil; howl in ſackcloth and aſhes, for the Lord is coming to burn you up as ſtubble; you are the fruitleſs trees that cumber the ground, who are for the ſire, all unrighteous perſons muſt be caſt into the Lake which burns with fire and brimſtone for ever; now read your ſelves, and your portions all you lofty ones, for thither you muſt go, there you muſt lye for evermore (the Lord of Hoſts hath ſpoken it) with Dives and Haman; you are enemies and perſecutors of all thoſe that enter in at the ſtrait-gate, as Haman and Dives, and the high Prieſts, Phariſees and Rulers were; all you proud ones, remember your father Dives his end, for you muſt go into the everlaſting burnings as he did, whoſe belly was his god, as yours is; young and old, rich and poor, Lord and Lady, and beggars, ſhall all be turned into hell without reſpect of perſons, then ſhall it be with the Miſtris, ſo with the maid; as with the ſervant, ſo with the maſter; as with the people, ſo with the Prieſt; then Lord and Lady, Maſter and Miſtris, and all the earthly honour ſhall be laid into the ſire.

Pr. Pr. This Quakers terrible blaſt is ſtill blown againſt Lords and Ladies, Maſters and Miſtreſſes, old and young, rich and poor, Maſters and ſervants, Miſtreſſes and maids, Prieſts and people; that none may eſcape, the number is increaſed; there is no way but one with them all; becauſe they are not trembling Quakers, they muſt all to hell; mind this melancholy Quaker how he hath packt them up for hell; you may take him more fully thus, Becauſe they are proud like wicked Haman, they muſt be ſilent; like their father the Devil, they muſt tremble before the Lord; inſtead of their rich attire, Lords and Ladies, Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, Maſters and Miſtreſſes muſt howl like dogs, in ſackcloth and aſhes; as for their profeſſion, this Quaker ſaith, caſt it away, as if it were a menſtruous filthy cloth; as for themſelves this Quaker counts them but ſo many fruitleſs trees, a burden to the earth that bears them, ſit fuel for hell-fire; as for their dwelling-place, the Lake which burns with fire and brimſtone for ever, is the fit place to receive them all; thus this Quaker hath helpt them to read themſelves and their portions; hither to this Lake he ſaith they muſt all go, here they muſt lye for evermore; but how doth this Quaker know all this? he ſaith, the Lord of Hoſts hath ſpoken it; behold, here is a lying divination of his own brain, delivered in the name of the Lord; but what company ſhall they have? this divining-Quaker ſaith, they ſhall lye for evermore in the Lake with Dives and Haman; is not this, this Quakers plain meaning, that all Lords and Ladies, Knights, Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, Maſters, Miſtreſſes, and Madams, ſhall like Dives and Haman be ſurely damned for evermore? like proud bloody Haman, like unmerciful, proud, ſenſual Dives, like the high Prieſts that put Chriſt to death, like the Phariſees and Rulers that had their hands deep in his blood, this Quaker ſaith, that Lords and Ladies, &c. are the enemies and perſecutors of God people; who have proud, mercileſs, curſed Dives for their father, whoſe end they ſhould remember, for as he ſaith, they muſt go into everlaſting burnings, as he did; Quakeriſm you ſee ſits heavily upon the skirts of the Nobility and Gentry of this Land, it proclaims their laſt end to be no better than that of Dives, they muſt all to hell at the laſt; with Dives they muſt be tormented in the ſame hell-flames; Dives and they are both alike bad, they do both ſerve the ſame God, both belly-gods alike; without reſpect of perſons they ſhall all be turned into hell with their father Dives; hear this Quakers bead-roll, he ſaith, old and young, rich and poor, Lord and Lady, Miſtris and maid, Maſter and ſervant, people and Prieſt, ſhall all go (thus paired by him) to the Devil, they ſhall all be turned into hell without reſpect of perſons; thus Lord and Lady, Maſter and Miſtris, with all their earthly honour, ſhall be laid into the ſire of hell; behold, where was this Quakers Chriſtianity? what Old or New-Teſtament-rule had he for thus dooming uncharitably all Lords and Ladies, Knights, Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, Maſters and ſervants, Miſtreſſes and maids, old and young, rich and poor, Prieſt and people, all without exception, to the fire of hell? if this quaking-doctrine be not a bold piece of unchriſtian cenſoriouſneſs, then what is? except a Quaker, whoſe heart was ever ſo hardened, as to ſay, that all Lords and Ladies, all Knights, all Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, that all Maſters and ſervants, Prieſts and people, old and young, rich and poor, are ſo unrighteous, ſo proud, as that they ſhall be turned into hell, they ſhall go into the everlaſting burnings, and there they muſt lye for evermore? amongſt all the Prophets of the Old Teſtament, amongſt all the Apoſtles of the New Teſtament, there is no preſident to be found for this curſed doctrine.

Q. Q. The next Pamphlet of this James Parnel, is called, A Shield of the Truth.

Pr. Pr. I may more truly ſay, it is no ſhield of that faith which was delivered to the primitive Saints, which faith is to be contended for; Let me ſpake without juſt offence to any, this Pamphlet may more truly be called, Rabſhakey revived; for it is a groſs piece of railery againſt all lawfully ordained Miniſters of the Goſpel. That I may not be too tedious, I ſhall but touch here and there.

Q. p. 66. Q. Numb. 66 As Jannes and Jambres withſtood Moſes, ſo do they withſtand the Truth all the ways they can; for Jannes and Jambres were the Magicians of Egypt that imitated Moſes; ſo thoſe Univerſity-men, by their Magick-arts, inventions and imaginations, and ſtudying old Authors, have gotten the form of the Prophets, Chriſt and his Apoſtles Words to trade with, but deny the power; and ſo are Traytors to Chriſt, men of corrupt minds, reprobates concerning the faith.

Pr. Pr. This Quakers Shield is no Armour of proof for any true Goſpel Miniſters; according to theſe quaking-lines, the Church of England is in a very bad condition, her Teachers are deceivers; this Quaker gives us plainly to underſtand thus much, That they are like to Jannes and Jambres, no better than thoſe Magicians were; they withſtood Moſes, theſe (he ſaith) do withſtand the truth all the ways they can. In this Quakers account, her Teachers are but bare Univerſity-men, beholding to Magick-arts, inventions, imaginations, and old Authors, for their skill in Divinity: by this Quaker they are lookt upon, as a ſort of petty-chapmen, that have gotten a form of words to trade for Money with; like Judas, they are Traytors to Chriſt; like thoſe falſe Teachers of old, they are men of corrupt minds, men of no right judgment concerning the doctrine of faith: Thus you ſee, how this Quaker hath declared all Prieſts to be a baſe generation of men, worthy to be regarded, as men do the dirt under their feet.

Q. p. 70, 71. Q. Numb. 67 He that hath the Letter, let him ſpeak the Letter; he that hath the Life, let him ſpeak the Life; What is the husk to the kernel? what ſhould Swine do with Pearls; whoſe life is the husk, and there they feed? he, who ſaith the Letter is the Word, is a deceiver, and errs, not knowing the Scripture; who putteth the Letter for the Word, is blind, and putteth the ſhadow for the ſubſtance; he alſo that ſaith, the Letter is the rule and guide of the people of God, is without, feeding upon the husk, and is ignorant of the true Light.

Pr. Pr. Here the Holy Scripture is ill-guarded by this Quakers Shield of Truth: Behold, here are many black marks ſet upon the Holy-Scripture; in the firſt place, The Scripture by this Quaker is unjuſtly termed the Letter, which is a dead, lifeleſs thing. 2dly, The Scripture is termed the husk, which is far ſhort of the kernel; Doth not this Husk ſay, that the Scripture is unprofitable like an husk, which is good for nothing? 3dly, They who make the Scripture their rule, their guide, are Swine feeding on husks. 4thly, That man is ſaid, by this Quaker, to be a deceiver, one that erreth, one that knows not the Scripture, who ſaith, that the Letter is the Word; or to ſpeak more plainly this Quakers meaning, That Chriſtian is very much to blame, and groſly miſtaken, who ſaith, that the Scripture is the Word of God. 5thly, That man is blind that puts the Letter for the Word; this is putting (as the Quaker ſaith) the ſhadow for the ſubſtance. Doth not this Quaker, in effect, term all Chriſtians blind Bayards, that take the Scripture to be the Word of God? Is it not hence clear, that this Quaker counts the Scripture to be that ſhadow, which other Chriſtians miſtaken, take for the ſubſtance: which is a baſe quaking aſſertion? 6thly, That man is without, a Swine feeding on the husk, one that is ignorant of the true Light, who ſaith, that the Letter is the rule and guide of the people of God. The plain meaning of this Quakers words is this, that the Scripture termed by him the Letter, is neither the rule, nor guide of the people of God, and that man that ſaith it is their rule and guide, is one that knows not Chriſt the true light.

Q. p. 73. Q. Numb. 70 The Baptiſm we own, which is the Baptiſm of Chriſt with the Holy Ghoſt and with fire, but we deny all other; now I ſee the other to be formal imitation, and the invention of man, and ſo a meer deluſion; all are heathens and no Chriſtians, who cannot witneſs this Baptiſm.

Pr. Pr. Here this Quaker tells us plainly, that he and his fellow Quakers do deny baptizing with water; that baptiſm with water is ſo far from being an Ordinance of Jeſus Chriſt, as that it is in this Quakers eye but a ſorry formal imitation, the invention of man, a meer deluſion; and that all thoſe that are only baptized with water, are heathens and no Chriſtians; according to theſe quaking-lines the Church of England is groſly miſtaken, to affirm that Baptiſm is a ſign of profeſſion, a mark of difference to diſcern Chriſtians from thoſe that are no Chriſtians; if this Quaker ſhall be heard, in our Baptiſm there is no ſuch thing as a ſign of Regeneration, whereby as by an inſtrument the baptized are grafted into the Church; Art. 27 it's a meer deluſion to ſay, that the promiſes of the forgiveneſs of ſins, of our adoption to be the ſons of God, by the Holy Ghoſt, are ſignified and ſealed; to ſpeak this Quakers mind once more, it is but a formal imitation, and invention of man, a meer deluſion, to ſay that the Baptiſm of young Children is in any wiſe to be retained in the Church, as moſt agreeable with the inſtitution of Chriſt. Thus you ſee how this Quakers doctrine hath quaked the Doctrine of the Church of England into a meer deluſion; it's likewiſe clear, that let Quakeriſm go uncontrouled, it will ſoon unchriſtian any Nation; it's baſely done both to bid defiance to Chriſts inſtitution, and unchriſten a Nation.

Q. p. 75. Q. Numb. 71 The bread which the world breaks is carnal and natural, goes into the belly, paſſes out into the dunghill; ſo likewiſe the cup which they drink, and ſo the communion of the world paſſeth away; and here is no communion but natural, outward and carnal, which is the table of devils; here they are without, feeding upon the husk and ſhadow without.

Pr. Pr. This Quaker hath very mean thoughts of the Lords Supper, he counts it but the worlds communion; inſtead of an holy Ordinance inſtituted by Chriſt himſelf, this Quaker ſaith, it is the worlds communion, which is natural, outward, carnal; inſtead of the Lords Table, this Quaker calls it impudently, the table of devils; as for the bread broken, which is the body of Chriſt, this Quaker calls it, the bread which the world breaks; and he ſpeaks abominably of this bread bleſſed, and broken, calling it carnal and natural, that it paſſeth out of the belly into the dunghill; are not theſe baſe words, fit only for a Quakers mouth? as for the Cup in the Lords Supper, that is no better eſteemed by this Quaker than the bread is; that which is indeed the cup of bleſſing with St. Paul, is with this Quaker but the worlds cup; in receiving Sacramental bread and wine, all Communicants are told by this Quaker that they do but feed upon the husk and ſhadow without; except a Quaker, who did ever count receiving the Lords Supper to be feeding upon the husk and ſhadow without? in a Quakers account the Lords Supper is a very empty Ordinance of the Goſpel, bread and wine are but the husk and ſhadow without.

Q. p. 78, 79. Q. Numb. 72 Thoſe we deny and their Miniſtry, who have gotten the letter and form to trade with; who to get humane learning, are certain years ſerving, as it were an apprentiſhip, pretending to ſtudy Divinity, and when their time is expired, go among blind people, get a certain wage, ſell that which they get into the brain, live upon duſt which is the Serpents meat, death feeding death, feeding the carnal mind with the carnal letter; but this Miniſtry works no reformation, only hath the form, leads into the form, and denies the power; ſuch come by the will of man, and are upheld by the will of man, and not by the will of God; their call and miniſtry we deny, which is mediate and formal imitation, and invention of man, and ſo a meer deluſion; their Miniſtry is dark, dead and cold.

Pr. Pr. Here the Miniſtry of the Goſpel by thoſe that are lawfully ordained by Biſhops in this Church, is denied by this Quaker; as for ſuch Miniſters of the Goſpel they are baſely reproached by this Ammonite-like Quaker; they are ſaid by this Quaker to trade with the letter and form; they do as it were ſerve a ſeven years apprentiſhip, to get humane learning; like hirelings they ſerve for a certain wage, what they get by ſtudy into their brain, they ſell for money; the letter or the Scripture is the duſt, the Serpents meat, which they feed upon; they do ſtrangely feed death with death; the Scripture is no more (in this Quakers eſteem) but the carnal letter with which they feed their carnal minds; they are no Miniſters by the will of God, they do only come by the will of man, and are upheld by the will of man; their call and miniſtry are both bad alike, all real Quakers do deny them; as for their call and miniſtry, this Quaker tells us, it is as bad as Baptiſm, for it is nothing but a formal imitation and invention of man, a meer deluſion; their miniſtry is very bad alſo, it is dark without the true light, dead without the true life, cold without any holy warmth; ſurely theſe quaking-lines do eat like a canker; the true David's meſſengers are ſhamefully abuſed by this Quaker; ſurely theſe are hard ſpeeches, which no truly good man dare own.

Q. p. 80, 81. Q. Numb. 73 Some of us are eſteemed not worthy to live in the Nation, both by Prieſt, and People, and Rulers; who are out of the commands of God, vagabonds and fugitives from God, who go in the way of Cain to envy and murther the innocent; now heads of England and ſuch Miniſters and their Miniſtry we deny; here is the difference of the Miniſters of the world, and the Miniſters of Chriſt; the one comes by the will of man, the other by the will of God; the one is upheld by the will of man, the other by the will of God; the one is of the letter, the other is of the ſpirit; the one hath the form and ſhadow, the other the life and ſubſtance; but from ſuch turn away, for they are meer deceivers and witches, bewitch the people from the truth.

Pr. Pr. This Quaker is become like a raging-wave of the ſea, foaming out that which is his own ſhame: I might truly ſay, in this Quakers dunghill we have filth enough caſt together; you ſind prieſt, people, and rulers, as bad as bad can be; not only prieſt and people, but the rulers of this Kingdom are by this Quaker declared to be very bad: how bad? ſo bad, as that, to ſpeak this Quakers mind, they are lawleſs, the commands of God do not bind them; like curſed Cain, that was of the Devil, they are Vagabonds and Fugitives from the Lord; as wicked Cain ſlew his righteous brother Abel, ſo prieſt, people, and rulers (ſaith this Quaker) do go in the way of this bloody Cain to envy and murther the innocent: But hear this Quaker ſpeaks more fully, now there are neither heads of England, nor Miniſters, nor Miniſtry, whom the Quakers own; it's hence very clear, that both the Magiſtrates and the known Miniſtry of Fngland, are abſolutely denied by all thorough-paced Quakers: As for the ordained Miniſters of the Goſpel, this Quaker hath given this differencing-account of them; They are the Miniſters of the world, ſuch as come by the will of man, ſuch as are upheld by the will of man, they are Miniſters of the Letter, they have only the form and the ſhadow, they are meer deceivers and witches, they do bewitch the people from the truth; the preaching of the Goſpel by any Prieſts of the Church of England, in this Quakers account is only the Miniſtry of the world, that which is ſet up only, and maintained by the will of man, there is nothing of good in it, nor of the Miniſtration of the Spirit, it doth only conſiſt of form and ſhadow; nay, the preaching of the Goſpel by any ſuch Prieſts, is but deceit, and witchcraft; for they (by this Quaker) are termed deceivers and witches, ſuch as do bewitch the people from the truth. If this be not a foul ſlander, then let all unquakerized Readers judg.

Q. p. 81, 82, 83, 84. Q. Numb. 74 We own Magiſtracy in its place; but the righteous are from under the outward Law, for they are a Law unto themſelves; they neither know how to rule or govern, who are guided by their own wills; ſuch rule with partiality and reſpect of perſons, and give forth Laws in their own wills, perſecute the righteous, encourage the heathen who know not God; ſo Cain ſlays Abel within them, and they ſuffer Cain to ſlay Abel without them; the wicked have more liberty in the Nation than the righteous; the Land abounds with iniquity, oppreſſion, and treachery, becauſe ſuch corrupt Magiſtrates wink at deceits for carnal ends, and uphold iniquity and oppreſſion, and tread truth under foot; corrupt Magiſtrates put corrupt Magiſtrates in office; ſuch as theſe uphold corrupt Miniſters and falſe prophets, which the Nation ſwarms of; the Beaſt upholds the Falſe-prophet, and they combine together againſt the ſimple, and the Law is made a ſtalking-horſe to deceive the ſimple; ſuch Magiſtrates and ſuch Government we honour not; by ſuch Magiſtrates and Government did the righteous ever ſuffer; and Haman, who ſtood in the corrupt will, would have deſtroyed Mordecai, becauſe he could not bow to him; and alſo Pharaoh, and Nebuchadnezzar, and Herod who beheaded John, who ſtood in their own wills; but the hands of the Lord they did not eſcape; but Chriſt comes to end all outward Laws and Government of man, and he himſelf will reign; as truth and righteouſneſs grows, the Law is fulfilled and paſſes away; this is the cauſe why corrupt Magiſtrates beat down the truth as much as they can; but Pharaoh God will plague and confound; but ſuch Magiſtrates as are guided by the light of God in the Conſcience, and rule by it, we own and honour in our hearts, ſuch are a terror to evil-doers, ſuch bear not the ſword in vain; this Government is of God.

Pr. Pr. From theſe lines this Quaker gives us plainly to underſtand, that the Real Quakers are none of the Kings loyal ſubjects, for they do own no Magiſtrates but ſuch as are Quakers like themſelves; this is a ſun-beam-truth, That no Magiſtrates, no Government, no Laws, without Quakeriſm ſtampt on them, are either owned or honoured by any Quakers; as for any other Magiſtrates, Laws, Government, no right Quakers do own them; but let this Quaker ſpeak his own mind, it's but Magiſtracy in its place which is owned by any Quakers; here is nothing, as it is Gods Ordinance; as for the righteous (that is Quakers) they are from under the outward Law, becauſe they are a Law unto themſelves; then I pray in what ſenſe do the Quakers own any of the Laws or Law-makers of this Kingdom? Is it not hence plain what kind of ſubjects the lawleſs Quakers are? Is it not hence as evident, that King and Parliament, Magiſtrates, Laws, Government of this Kingdom, are very little either owned or honoured by any Quakers? But let us confer a little more with this Quaker; what thoughts he hath of Magiſtrates, let us now obſerve: The Magiſtrates (he ſaith) are very bad, they are ſuch as know not how to rule. Here behold their great ignorance; they are guided by their own wills; behold, their wills are their law, they rule with partiality; behold, they are ſuch as rule with reſpect of perſons; they give forth laws in their own wills; behold, their laws are the corrupt iſſue of their corrupt wills; as for righteous laws, we have no ſuch made in this Kingdom; they are ſuch Magiſtrates as do perſecute the righteous, as do encourage the heathen, who know not God; behold, they are unchriſtian Magiſtrates, like Iſhmael they do perſecute the righteous; as for baptized Chriſtians, they are the heathen that know not God, who are encouraged by our Chriſtian Magiſtrates; nay behold and wonder, this Quaker goes on to tell us, That our Magiſtrates have (that which is ſtrange) Cain ſlaying Abel within them, and they themſelves do (as ſtrangely) ſuffer Cain to ſlay Abel without them: Is not this proclaiming our Magiſtrates to be men of blood, bloody Magiſtrates? He ſaith likewiſe, that the wicked have more liberty in the Nation than the righteous have; behold, they are wicked Magiſtrates, wickedneſs is indulged by them; becauſe of theſe corrupt Magiſtrates, who wink at deceits for carnal ends, who uphold iniquity and oppreſſion, who tread truth under foot, this Kingdom is ſpoiled by them; the land abounds with iniquity, oppreſſion, and treachery; behold how this land is ſaid to be corrupt by the Magiſtrates, whom this Quaker calls corrupt Magiſtrates. He ſaith alſo, that corrupt Magiſtrates put ſuch in office; behold, the King and Parliament are corrupt Magiſtrates, who put corrupt Magiſtrates in office. He ſaith moreover, that theſe corrupt Magiſtrates do uphold corrupt Miniſters and falſe prophets, which this Nation is full of: behold, here are corrupt Magiſtrates corrupting the Church as well as the Kingdom; behold alſo, theſe Magiſtrates are the Beaſt, that do uphold the falſe prophet; behold alſo, how the Beaſt-like Magiſtrates, and the falſeprophet-like Miniſters, do, like brethren in the ſame iniquity, combine together againſt the ſimple, that is, the Quakers, who are ſo in the worſt ſenſe: By this Beaſt, (that is, the Magiſtrates) the Law is made a ſtalking-horſe to deceive the ſimple: Behold how the Law is baſely ſaid by this Quaker, to be perverted and abuſed by the Magiſtrates of this Land. Now let us ſee how the Quakers ſtand affected to Magiſtracy; in this matter he tells us plainly, That ſuch Magiſtrates and ſuch Government we honour not; behold, no Magiſtrates, no Government, which have not the Quakers image or ſuperſcription on them, are honoured by any ſimple Quakers; in effect this Quaker opens his mind thus: That by the Magiſtrates and Government of this Kingdom, the righteous (that is the Quakers) do ſuffer, as Gods people have done under the Ten Perſecutions; he ſaith alſo to this purpoſe, That the Magiſtrates of this Land do (like Haman) ſtand in their own corrupt wills, and would deſtroy (as he would have deſtroyed Mordecai) the Quakers for not bowing to them; that they do (like Pharaoh, the Iſraelites) purſue the Quakers unjuſtly to death; That they would (like Nebuchadnezzar) burn all Quakers to death for not worſhipping the Image of the Beaſt; that they do (like Herod, who beheaded John the Baptiſt) ſtand in their own wills, to kill the Quakers. Now let us hear this Quaker divine, and tell us what ſhall become of the Magiſtrates of this land? behold, he ſaith, they are like Haman, Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, who did not eſcape the hands of the Lord; according to this Quaker, all the unquakerized Magiſtrates of this land ſhall have a miſerable end, they ſhall all to the Devil at laſt; but behold this diviner hath ſeen a vain viſion, which is this, that Chriſt comes to end all outward Laws and Government of man, and he himſelf will reign; as truth and righteouſneſs grows, the Law is fulfilled, and paſſeth away; behold, this Quaker is ſtrangly turned Antinomian, againſt all humane Laws; according to this Quakers vain mind St. Paul was miſtaken, in ſaying, Let every ſoul be ſubject to the higher powers; if this Quaker had been in thoſe days, he would have withſtood St. Peter to his face once more, for commanding thoſe ſcattered Chriſtians to ſubmit themſelves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords ſake; he would have told theſe two Apoſtles that they did err in ſo teaching, for Chriſts coming is to fulfill and end all outward laws and government of man; it's no Quakers duty to be ſubject to the higher powers; all they have to do is to obey the Light within them; as for ſubmitting themſelves to the King as ſupreme, or to thoſe that are in authority under him, or to every ordinance of man for the Lords ſake, this ſubjection belongs not to any Quakers; for Chriſt is come, as this Quaker ſaith, to end all outward laws and government of man; by the truth and righteouſneſs, which grow in Quakers, the Law is fulfilled and paſſeth away: now behold, how all Quakers with their falſe Chriſt, the Light within them, are in print a lawleſs generation of people, profeſſed oppoſers of the government of this Kingdom, and it is vainly fancied that Chriſt himſelf will reign to the overthrow of all humane laws and government: with reference to this brain-ſick folly, this Quaker doth weakly fancy the Magiſtrates of this Kingdom to be ſuch as do beat the truth, becauſe they are no deluded Quakers; but what ſaith this Quaker to this? he ſaith, but Pharaoh God will plague and confound; what is the meaning of theſe ſtrange words? is not this it; the ſupream Magiſtrate who is no Quaker no more than Pharaoh was, is the Pharaoh here, whom God (as this Quaker ſaith) will plague and confound? now let us view thoſe Magiſtrates whom the Quakers do own and honour; to be ſure they are no ſuch as this Kingdom hath; this Quaker ſets them thus out in their colours, ſuch Magiſtrates as are guided by the light of God in the conſcience, and rule by it, we own and honour in our hearts; ſuch are a terrour to evil doers, ſuch bear not the ſword in vain, this government is of God; you ſee how clear it is, that the Quakers do own and honour only thoſe Magiſtrates in their hearts that are real Quakers; as for the King and all other Magiſtrates, that are not guided by the Quakers light in their Conſciences, nor do rule by it, the Quakers do neither own nor honour them in their hearts; Unquakerized Magiſtrates are no terrour to evil doers, they do bear the ſword in vain, their government is not of God; now behold and judg how the real Quakers do oppoſe and deny the lawful Magiſtrates, overturn the Laws, and overthrow the Government of this Kingdom.

Q. p. 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93. Q. Numb. 75 We are accuſed to be deſtructive to all ſuperiority and honour, breeding and manners, becauſe we cannot put off our hats, nor follow the faſhions of the world, but ſpeak the plain word Thou to any one, rich or poor; in the beginning God Thoued Adam, and Adam Thoued him; here was the plain language betwixt God and Adam; God Thoued Moſes, and Moſes Thoued him; this was the plain language betwixt God and his people in all ages; thou that diſdaineſt to be Thoued, wouldſt exalt thy ſelf above God, who Thoueſt God in thy formal prayers; therefore thou muſt come down as Lucifer did; it is Lucifer in thee that is exalted, who muſt be caſt down into the pit; it is he who is head in man, who would be honoured, and would be above God, and calls this manners, breeding, to bow to him and honour him; who can honour him the moſt, thoſe (he ſaith) are the beſt bred, and thoſe he calls Noblemen and Gentlemen; but he that ſeeks preferment in the world, ſeeks to get his breeding, that ſo he may be in favour with Lucifer, that ſits in the Courts and high Palaces; but both he and Lucifer muſt be caſt down into the pit together; here is the ground of the worlds ſuperiority, nobility, gentility, honour, breeding and manners; here they Lord one over another in their corrupt wills; here is the ground of all tyranny and oppreſſion, and the perſecutions of the righteous; all ariſes from proud Lucifer and luſt in man, who would be honoured; all this is under the curſe; but now Lucifer and his image is caſt down, the pure Law is witneſſed, which reſpects no mans perſon; amongſt us there are no ſuperiors after the fleſh; he that reſpects perſons commits ſin; the Angel would not ſuffer John to bow to him, but ſaid, he was his fellow-ſervant; here proud Lucifer and his image is caſt out; here all his honour is thrown down, his breeding, manners and faſhions; he muſt be tormented quick, and all who bear his image or his mark; and theſe are ſome of his marks which he calls Nobility, Gentility, honour, breeding, manners and civility, but true nobility we own; the ſeed of God is noble; who can witneſs the ſeed of God born up to rule, there is true nobility, there is true gentility after the ſpirit, and this is to be honoured; for honour is due to this, both in Magiſtrate and Miniſter, Fiſherman or Plowman, Herdſman or Shepherd; this is no more after the fleſh, but after the ſpirit; here all the Prophets of God were Noblemen and Gentlemen ſprung of the noble ſeed; and ſo are all now who are of the ſame ſeed; to thoſe belongs the true honour; the true honour is no more after the fleſh, but after the ſpirit; you who are giving and receiving outſide earthly honour, are in the unbelief, out of the Doctrine of Chriſt, cringing and bowing, honouring and exalting the Devil, worſhipping the beaſt and his image; as for manners, breeding, courteſie and civility, learn to do unto all as you would have all do unto you; ſpeak every one truth to his neighbour; let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, for evil communication corrupts good manners; let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, for whatſoever is more is of evil; here is manners and breeding, courteſie and civility; who are of the noble ſeed, have theſe manners; but the nobles and great ones of the earth want theſe manners, and this breeding, and both Prieſt and people of all ſorts; the time now is, that before this ſeed the Kings and Nobles of the earth ſhall be bound in chains and fetters of iron; the nobility, gentility, ſuperiority, honour, breeding and manners of the world, is after the fleſh, ſprung from proud Lucifer, the luſt that reigns in man; they are baſtards and no ſons, who are not ſprung from the noble gentile ſeed; to thoſe honour is not due, neither can we bow unto them, for if we ſhould, we ſhould ſet the Devil in the room of God; we cannot give unto Caeſar that which is Gods.

Pr. Pr. The Quakers cannot deny but they have had a full hearing; by theſe long lines it doth fully appear, that it is no falſe accuſation to ſay that the Quakers are deſtructive to all ſuperiority, and honour, breeding and manners; this Quaker makes it manifeſt, that they are ſo fond of this word Thou, as that for its ſake all civil honour is by him decried to the pit of hell; Adam Thouing God, and God Thouing him, is, ſaith this Quaker, the plain language to be ſpoken by all; he tells us alſo, that unleſs our ſuperiours are Thoued by us, they do exalt themſelves above God; nay, which is far worſe, he ſaith, that every man who uſeth not Thou to his ſuperiours, muſt come down to hell as Lucifer the devil hath done; as for civil honour to our ſuperiours, it's ſo far diſowned by this Quaker, as that he ſaith, it is Lucifer (the devil) in him that is exalted; it is he who is the head in man, who would be honoured; that it is the devil who calls this manners and breeding to bow to him, and honour him; behold, according to this Quaker, no inferion may civilly honour their ſuperiours, without bowing to and honouring of the devil, who is in them; to get preferment at Court, is according to theſe quaking-lines, to get in favour with Lucifer (the devil) who ſits in the Courts and high Palaces; behold how this Quaker makes the Kings Court and Palace to be thoſe ſeats where the Devil is ſeated; according to this quaking-doctrine the Kings Majeſty upon the Throne, the Peers with their Nobility and high honour, the Knights with their worſhip, the Gentlemen with their gentility, are as bad and miſerable as the devil; for this wild man ſaith, both he that is exalted, and Lucifer (the devil) muſt be caſt down into the pit together; but this is not all, for according to this Quaker, there is no ſuperiority, nobility, gentility, honour, breeding, manners, but the devil is the ground of them; hence comes all Lordſhip over one another in their corrupt wills; by this Quaker how is this Kingdom turned upſide down! for there is in it no ſuperiority, nobility, gentility, honour, breeding, manners, lordſhip, but the devil is the ground of them all; they do all (as he ſaith) ariſe from proud Lucifer (the devil) in man, who would be honoured; this Quaker is ſo far from honouring any ſuperiours, as that he ſaith, all this (civil honour) is under the curſe; but by the Quakers, who give civil honour to no ſuperiours, nobles, or others, the devil, and civil honour his image, is caſt down; inſtead of the Old and New Teſtament, the Quakers have a pure law which beclowns them, which reſpects no mans perſon, neither the Kings, nor any other mans perſon; amongſt the Quakers there are no ſuperiours after the fleſh; behold, the King, the Nobles, the Knights, the Gentry of this Kingdom are (in this Quakers account) but ſuperiours after the fleſh; amongſt the Quakers it's a judged caſe, he that reſpects perſons (the King, Nobles, Knights, Gentlemen, to honour them according to their degree) commits ſin; the Angel who would not ſuffer plain John to bow to him with religious worſhip, is the Quakers preſident for not giving civil worſhip to the King, or any other ſuperiours after the fleſh; here (but where I know not) proud Lucifer and his image is caſt down, here all his honour is thrown down, his breeding, manners, faſhions; however in theſe quaking-lines it's plainly to be ſeen, that honour, breeding, manners, faſhions, are by this Quaker called the devils honour, breeding, manners, faſhions; now this Quaker goes on to tell us, that the devil muſt be tormented quick, but not alone, for all (Superiors, Nobles and Gentlemen, who bear his mark) muſt be tormented with him; but what are his marks to know the devil by? you have them from this Quaker thus, theſe are ſome of his (the devils) marks, which he (the devil) calls Nobility, Gentility, honour, breeding, manners, civility; now not I, but this Quaker ſaith to this purpoſe, that in this Kingdom all Noblemen, Gentlemen, perſons of honour, breeding, manners, civility, do bear the devils image, or his marks, and muſt be tormented in hell with the Devil, whoſe image and marks they bear. But notwithſtanding all this baſe ſtuff, it's here ſaid that the Quakers do own true Nobility; but what is this true Nobility? This quaking-account is given of it, The ſeed of God is noble; the ſeed of God born up to rule, is true Nobility, true Gentility, which is no more after the fleſh, but after the ſpirit. The true meaning of theſe quaking-lines is this, That real Quakeriſm is the true Nobility and Gentility, which is no more after the fleſh; this Nobility, this Gentility is to be honoured; to this Quakerized Nobility, Gentility, true Honour is due. To ſpeak this Quakers mind more at large; The Magiſtrate- or Miniſter-Quaker, the Fiſher-man or Plowman-Quaker, the Herdſman or Shepherd-Quaker, is the only honourable perſon at this day. Behold, now neither King, nor Peers, nor Knights, nor any other Gentlemen in this Kingdom, are to be honoured, becauſe they want the Quakers ſeed of God, which is noble, which is born up to rule; according to this abominable doctrine, any Peaſant-Quaker is more honourable than the Kings Sacred Majeſty; more noble, more gentile, than all the Nobles and Gentlemen of this whole Kingdom; behold, how the abject Quakers are ſtrangely over-valued beyond their true worth; like the Prophets of God, who were Noblemen and Gentlemen, ſprung from the Noble ſeed (not Quakers ſure), like Chriſt ſprung of the Noble ſeed (oh abominable! that he ſhould be a Quaker too!) like the Noble Apoſtles, ſprung of the Noble ſeed (oh ſtrange, that theſe ſhould be Quakers too!) ſo are all Quakers noble, who are ſprung of the ſame noble ſeed; now whether doth this baſe high-flown doctrine tend? is not this the ſcurvy reſult of it? in compariſon of any, or of all the Quakers within this Kingdom, the Kings Majeſty, the Nobles, the Dignities of this Realm are of no true worth; in compariſon of Quakeriſm, all ſuperiority, majeſty, excellency, nobility, honour, gentility, breeding, manners, do ſtand for ſo many cyphers, they are all nothing worth, for this Quaker ſaith, the true honour is no more after the fleſh; it's well known that the Kings of England are born heirs of the Crown, but this Quaker is boldly baſe to ſay in print, that there is no honour belongs to them that are born after the fleſh; how plain is it that the Quakers do acknowledg no honour to belong to the Royal blood, to any Peers or Gentlemen? according to this baſe Quakers doctrine, are they not made as mean, as baſe as any Country-peaſant? for true honour, as this Quaker rants it, is no more after the fleſh; thus you ſee how all ſuperiority, nobility and gentility are cried down by this Quaker, that the Quakers may be the only noble, or men of true honour, which to ſpeak the truth is a proud deviliſh deſign; but to go on ſtill with this Quaker, he calls giving and receiving civil honour, that which is earthly and outſide honour; which is a baſe reproach to the Kings high honour, which is both given and received; but as for them who give, who receive this civil honour, he ſaith, they are in the unbelief; behold, according to this abominable teaching, both the Courtiers who give, and the King who receives honour, are no better Chriſtians than Turks, Jews and Infidels, they are in the unbelief; they are out of the Doctrine of Chriſt, they do by their cringing and bowing, honour and exalt the devil, they do (what this Quaker means, I know not) worſhip the beaſt and his image; if this be not high baſe doctrine delivered by this Quaker againſt all ſuperiority, nobility, honour and gentility, then let all wiſe men judg; now let us ſtep on to ſee what this Quaker means by manners, breeding, courteſie and civility; the account given by him is this, Do as you would be done by; ſpeak every one truth to his neighbour; let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, for evil communication corrupts good manners; let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, for what is more is evil; he ſaith here is manners, breeding, courteſie and civility; and further he tells us, that the right noble Quakers have theſe manners; but the ſting of this Quaker is yet behind, for (he ſaith) that the nobles and great ones of the earth want theſe manners and this breeding, and ſo do both Prieſts and people of all ſorts; you may in this Quakers glaſs ſee that all the nobles and great ones, the Prieſts and people of this Kingdom are a ſort of unmannerly clowns; they are all in this Quakers account ill-mannered and ill-bred; I need not review what this Quaker calls manners and breeding, courteſie and civility; let it be remembred that he ſaid, the nobles and great ones, the Prieſts and people of all ſorts want them, which is to beclown the whole Kingdom; but now we are brought by this Quaker to the time that now is, that before the right noble ſeed in the Quakers, the Kings and Nobles of the earth ſhall be bound in chains and fetters of iron; do not theſe words ſmell ſtrong of a religious rebellion? without doubt theſe words do look as if they had been blown out of Sheba his Trumpet; I may truly ſay, they have no little wild-fire in them; our Superiors do well know that this Kingdom hath ſadly ſuffered by perverted places of Scripture; when the Quakers begin to talk of binding Kings and Nobles in chains and fetters of iron, the alarm is given; by this Quaker, here is a further account given of the nobility, gentility, ſuperiority, honour, breeding, manners of the world, he ſaith, it is all after the fleſh; it is likewiſe ſprung from proud Lucifer, who is the devil; as for all Nobles, Gentlemen, Superiours, perſons of Honour, breeding, manners, they are (ſaith this Quaker) baſtards, who we know are baſe born; to ſpeak his mind, they are all inferiour to the noble Quakers, none of them are ſprung from the noble gentile ſeed, as the deluded Quakers are; to all theſe, or any of them, no honour is due; thus in this Quakers account, they are no better than the ſcum of the world; for this reaſon (as this Quaker tells us) no noble-born Quakers can bow to them; for if they ſhould (what then? it follows thus) we ſhould ſet the devil in the room of God; behold, it is hence very clear, that (according to this baſe quaking-doctrine) to honour the King, or any Nobles, or Superiours, or Gentlemen, with that honour which is due to them, is to ſet the devil in the room of God; from this fore-going evidence, it is fully manifeſt that the Quakers (who are noble in their own eyes) are baſely deſtructive, by their rude doctrine to the Kings Majeſty, to all ſuperiority, nobility and honour, to all gentility, breeding, and manners of this Kingdom; and that the Quakers do not give unto Caeſar the things that are Caeſars, nor that fear to whom fear, or that honour to whom honour is due.

Pr. Pr. In theſe quaking-lines it is not ſaid that Chriſt hath any body in heaven; nay, the Quakers are of this vain mind, that Jeſus Chriſt is not God and Man in one Perſon; the ſubſtance of theſe Quakers words is plainly this, that Chriſt Jeſus his body is one, which is his Church; behold, except the Church, which is Chriſts myſtical body, our Saviour hath no other body; to ſpeak the Quakers mind more fully, two of my Neighbour-quakers told me, That Chriſts body did vaniſh at his Aſcenſion, and that now he hath no other fleſh, or body, but the fleſh or body of his people; behold, (according to the meaning of Quakers) how the Lord Jeſus ſince his Aſcenſion into Heaven, hath no true body united to his Godhead in his own perſon! that the body or fleſh of Quakers, his pretended people, is the only body or fleſh of our Saviour! or to uſe theſe Quakers words, the Church (in their ſenſe) is the one body which Chriſt now hath.

Q. p. 80. Q. Numb. 98 Who redeems and makes free from ſin and the law, with the body of Chriſt; he that hath an ear may hear.

Pr. Pr. Here is Chriſt (according to theſe Quakers) made a ſtrange Saviour, who makes free from ſin and the law with the body of Chriſt; if this be not unſcriptural Divinity, what is? (according to theſe Quakers) Chriſts body is the Quakers Church; but ſurely this is not the body of Chriſt, which frees from ſin and the law; he that hath an ear may hear this falſe doctrine.

Q. p. 80. Q. Numb. 99 Whereas thou wouldeſt know with what body the Saints ſhall ariſe; in that body which Chriſt ſhall live in, for he is the Saviour of the body, the reſurrection and life of the body.

Pr. Pr. The drift of theſe lines is to give us this quaking-account of the reſurrection of the Saints, That no particular Saints ſhall riſe with particular bodies from death to life again; to any that would know in what body the Saints ſhall riſe, theſe Quakers give this anſwer, they ſhall riſe in that body which Chriſt doth live in, for he is the Saviour of the body; but what body is it whereof Chriſt is the Saviour? have not theſe Quakers told us, it is the Church; ſo then this (according to the Quakers) is the body in which Chriſt lives, and in this body the Saints ſhall ariſe; thus you may plainly ſee that the Quakers do plainly deny that particular Saints ſhall riſe from death to life at the laſt day with their own particular bodies, and in what corrupt ſenſe they do hold the reſurrection of the body.

Q. p. 83. Q. Num. 100 Philoſophy and Logick, which are of the devil.

Pr. Pr. It's no wonder that the Quakers do beſpatter the Univerſities, and thoſe that are educated in them; behold, how theſe Quakers do in their bold ignorance ſpeak evil of thoſe things they know not, ſaying, that Philoſophy and Logick are of the devil! the baſeneſs of this charge is evident, I need ſay no more of it.

Q. p. 85. Q. Num. 101 Who art querying whether Chriſt have a body, and the Father none, ſhewing thy ſelf not to know the Lords body, for the Son is in the Father, and they are one; and with thy carnal eye lookeſt upon him to be like thy ſelf; if thou knoweſt his body, thou knoweſt the fathers, for they are both one; thou full of ſubtlety, who art querying how the Son may be diſtinguiſhed from the Father, and they are not to be diſtinguiſhed, but it is thou who art making many Gods, and makeſt three Gods.

Pr. Pr. In theſe quaking-lines we are told to this purpoſe, that Jeſus Chriſt hath no body of fleſh united to his Godhead in his own perſon, no more than God the Father hath. 2ly, That there are no diſtinction of Perſons in the Godhead, for (as theſe Quakers ſay) the Son of God, and God the Father are not diſtinguiſhed. 3ly, Theſe Quakers ſay, that to diſtinguiſh God the Son from God the Father, is making many Gods. 4ly, In the Quakers account to affirm three diſtinct Perſons in the Godhead is likewiſe the making of three Gods.

Q. p. 98. Q. Num. 102 Chriſt did not ſend forth his Diſciples to ſprinkle a little durty water upon childrens faces, as your filthy dreamers do, and tell them it is an Ordinance of Chriſt, who are lyars of him.

Pr. Pr. In theſe quaking-lines Infant-baptiſm is baſely denied; in this Quakers account it's nothing but ſprinkling a little durty water in childrens faces; they that baptize children are termed by this Quaker filthy dreamers; it's alſo here ſaid in effect, that they do belye Chriſt, who ſay, that Infant-baptiſm is an Ordinance of Jeſus Chriſt.

Q. p. 99, 100. Q. Num. 103 The cup which thou drinkeſt we do deny, for thy cup is the cup of devils, and thy table is the table of devils, which is an Idol and an imitation, and thy ſacrifice is to devils, and not to God, for do not drunkards meet at thy table, and ſwearers, and curſed ſpeakers, and fighters, and who follow all manner of filthy pleaſures, and idolaters, and covetous, and theſe are thy companions, and thy fellowſhip at thy table; and what haſt thou to do to talk of the cup of Chriſt, who ſits at the table of devils, and drinks the cup of devils?

Pr. Pr. In theſe quaking-lines you ſee how the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is deſpiſed; the cup bleſſed, a Quaker calls here the cup of devils; the Lords table (he ſaith) is the Prieſts table, and calls it the table of devils; of the Lords table he ſaith it is an idol and imitation; receiving in remembrance of Chriſt ſacrificed for us, is ſacrificing to devils, and not to God, in this Quakers eſteem; that the fellowſhip at the Lords table is very wicked; that Communicants preſent themſelves at the table of devils, and do drink the cup of devils; the Lords Supper as it is uſually celebrated according to Chriſts own inſtitution is in a Quakers account no more (you ſee) but the cup and table of devils, an idol and imitation, and a ſacrificing to the devils, and holding fellowſhip with wicked livers.